diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8913e58..a22b58d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -222,9 +222,18 @@ checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9f3647c145568cec02c42054e07bdf9a5a698e15b466fb2341bfc393cd24aa5"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "arcstr"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69f7f8c3906b62b754cd5326047894316021dcfe5a194c8ea52bdd94934a3457"
+checksum = "03918c3dbd7701a85c6b9887732e2921175f26c350b4563841d0958c21d57e6d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "argh"
@@ -321,9 +330,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asynq"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12d3b8081cb00764d241d0bdb7d9a899529d8b83fa9d16bb7127e14df171c58a"
+checksum = "0dabdbe03dbf09e298158bb1e74af8a9e2c410012d5b15064d03d86848025f0d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2005,18 +2014,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redis"
-version = "0.32.7"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "014cc767fefab6a3e798ca45112bccad9c6e0e218fbd49720042716c73cfef44"
+checksum = "dbe7f6e08ce1c6a9b21684e643926f6fc3b683bc006cb89afd72a5e0eb16e3a2"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
+ "arcstr",
  "backon",
  "bytes",
  "cfg-if",
  "combine",
  "crc16",
  "futures-channel",
- "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "itoa",
  "log",
@@ -2034,6 +2043,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
  "webpki-roots",
+ "xxhash-rust",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3246,6 +3256,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xxhash-rust"
+version = "0.8.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fdd20c5420375476fbd4394763288da7eb0cc0b8c11deed431a91562af7335d3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yasna"
 version = "0.5.2"
diff --git a/observer_ward/Cargo.toml b/observer_ward/Cargo.toml
index 9e9a522..f6be34c 100644
--- a/observer_ward/Cargo.toml
+++ b/observer_ward/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ actix-web = { version = "4.12.1", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread"], default-features = false }
 moka = { version = "0.12.13", features = ["future"] }
-asynq = { version = "0.1.4", features = ["json", "tls", "cluster", "sentinel"], optional = true }
+asynq = { version = "0.1.6", features = ["json", "tls", "cluster", "sentinel"], optional = true }
 [features]
 default = ["mcp", "mitm", "asynq_task"]
 mcp = ["rmcp", "engine/mcp", "schemars"]